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HAHAHA NOBODY EXPECTS THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION

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I think te man is the one that finds the boy at the very end.

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I think the man is the one who the father shot. The appearance in the drawing seems to be dark and mysterious which leads me to believe he is a "bad guy"

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I think that it is the guy the man shot because he appears as though he is a "bad guy" with his intimidating and evil appearance.

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That man looks like the shot man, he doesn't look

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The man who finds the boy at the end of the storyc

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I think it was the man as in the boys father because it looks like he would wear that

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pretty sure its the guy at the end. he has a bandolier with shotgun shells

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I think it was the man who found and saved the the boy at the end of the book

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I think it is the man who find the boy at the end of the book.

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I think it is the man who saved the boy.

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I think it is the father himself - otherwise I think that it is the man in the end w

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i think its the man who found the boy

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Based on his eyes, I would think that he is the man that shot the father

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i think its the man who found the boy

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I think this is the man the father shot

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I think it's the man because it looks very similiar to the actor in the movie

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I think that it is the man that shot the father

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i think its the man who was shot

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Were the two better off dead or alive?

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The man is only ever called papa, what does that say about his role within the book? is his job just to be a father? is he his own character?

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yes @Liam

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@Mrs.P that would be an interesting perspective

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I felt personally cheated by the death of the dad. It seemed so defeating, and like you said, anti-climactic.

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@kyle, the boy is still really immature. Kids tend to threaten people with things that they really don't understand, and that is just a sign of maturity, not sincerity.

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To me, the death of the man seemed so anti-climatic, I had to read the section again to make sure I understood it. Why would we have the buildup full of hardship to just have the man die in such an unhistoric way

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@kyle, the father kept the son from killing himself. And the mans sense (whether it be good or bad) of optimism kept him from killing himself

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Do you think the family that finds the boy in the end has been following the boy and the father throughout the entire book?

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I agree with Ariel, The boy was too nice and wanted to help everyone. The dad had the right idea to not help so they could stay alive.

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@Robert i think when the man died because
he really could not go on any longer not because he just wanted to go

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@allison, the boy seemed really dependent on the dad for just about everything, how long do you really think the boy will last?

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I agree with Allison and Ariel, those were good points.

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@Robert the man was beyond terrified to leave the boy. The last few pages consisted of the man fighting for his life so he wouldn't have to leave him.

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I found it weird how the dad was not that afraid to die and leave the boy to survive on his own

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I think the boy would survive

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@ kyle i think that if the boy payed attention to his father's efforts he had a good chance of at least finding food and shelter

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@kyle, the boy wants to die anyways so...

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@Kyle. I liked that

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He's still a child. He'd probably die a few hours after his father.

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Robert and I both agree that this book should be called "Okay"

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@liam your sarcasm is interesting

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@kyle I think the boy mainly relies on the man because of the human need for a companion

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@Mrs.P because the talking is bouncing around like the people did in the road

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@Mrs. P's first question. Everyone is gone and basically gave up lol just like in the book

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so it is the book's fault

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How is this Socratic seminar like being on the road

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@bigdaddykeith it was actually Einstein who said ww3 will be fought with sticks and stones

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what is reality

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Does OKAY have any significance?

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It has been proven that IQ scores have risen significantly in the last century. How is ignorance, then, the downfall of people today?

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I know Mrs. P likes to think that they're dead but I honestly think that McCarthy intended The Road to be a physical story as opposed to a spiritual one.

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either dr seuss or mark twain said that ww3 would be fought with sticks and stones

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@ Ann, Ourselves

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@Kyle I think ignorance is definitely something that is slowly defeating humanity without our awareness.

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@ann, Human arrogance, in my opinion, will definetly lead to the end

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@ Ann, nuclear weapons because they are pretty powerful especially when you don't know how to use them.

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@Kyle i agree that when faced with an extreme situation you must sacrifice some of your morals to adapt, if not all your morals and start from square one

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the need for power

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@Liam, everything you have/do had moral weight, and it just depends on whether the situation dictates that your action should morally outweigh the price of inaction.

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@Liam, i feel that your morals should be kept the same but only when you're met with an extreme situation like when that one man got a hold of the boy.

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@liam, morals are hardly ever concrete. If they were that wouldn't be beneficial to our nature.

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kyle is so morbid

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@Liam It's really up to the individual. Some would rather die with their moral integrity than go against what they believe. Like Anne said, those people would probably die off

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i agree with dylan it will always be there

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I think the "path" represents life.

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@kyle, Road=Never ending line of events we call life

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@Kyle according to McCarthy, nothing

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potential scavenger type items ...@ Dylan well said ...

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@kyle, I don't think the road represents anything to the people within the story, it is just what it represents to us the readers

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So are the animals coming back..

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I agree with Liam. They all died because of their situation.

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@ Liam I agree I think they died there are no more fish either

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@Big Daddy Keith i was wondering about this too, I think it could have been half of what the remaining humans did to the animals to make them disappear but also what event happened in the first place. However some animals rely on things such as human garbage to thrive

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@Kyle I think a lot of the worldly items such as the cart, railroad, and road itself represent the old world and the life they had in previous years.

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i have to agree with Keith... where are they at???

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@Breauna I probably just butchered your name but I have to agree with your point of view

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Where did all the animals go? surely they were not all eaten?

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@liam good point

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@ Kyle I also wondered why there weren't any settlements but i think it had something to do with the time that has passed since the apocalypse

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@ann, theres a lot of variables that go into when civilization will start up again. But because we're dealing with humans it would be quick.

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@Anne Ms. Meyer once said that all great empires rise and fall. I can only assume that this is due to the nature of humanity. I think that in time a civilization would emerge but it would take a while.

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@kyle there are no settlements because there was an apocalypse

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I think in this society violence isn't a big deal because the only thing that can be done to you in response is someone enacting more violence on you

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too long

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I think civilization would be restored evanually, because its has happened be before several times so what is stopping civilization from reforming after its fall

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@ann, society was rebuilt after the romans and pushed far past where the romans had ever achieved.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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I think that society could have rebuilt itself, but then again, the man ran away from everybody he came into contact with

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When someone else infringes on what you have? life and limb? in a post apocalyptic situation where someone takes your food, even though they aren't hurting you, is it ok to hurt them?

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There are other alternatives to violence such as when the man who stole all of their belongings talked himself out of being shot as well as indirectly talking them into giving his clothes back.

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violence is or can be acceptable when your life is in danger

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@ Liam violence is always acceptable in self-defense ..I'm not sure I understand the question. I guess civil disobedience is an example of peaceful protest. It is the acceptable part that throws me off.  Morally right is a different question maybe...

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I think violence is something people end up using out of frustration

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@ann, maybe it was because of the insight he brought to their entire situation. He brought all sorts of new ideas that the book had not brought up. Even eli's name wasn't real.

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@liam, anything is justifiable to oneself but you know society has rules depending where you are and that what usually determines it.

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wow liam thats deep